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How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups, and, old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.
Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities(責任) to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. What’s more, life is always giving new things to the child——things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well known. But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is repeatedly being told not to do something, or being punished for what he has wrongly done.
When a young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in society

1. 1.
   According to Paragraph 2, the writer thinks that ______.
   1. A.
      life for a child is fairly easy
   2. B.
      a child is always loved whatever he does
   3. C.
      if much is given to a child, he must do something in return
   4. D.
      only children are interested in life
2. 2.
   The main idea of the passage is that ______.
   1. A.
      life is not enjoyable since each age has some pains
   2. B.
      young men can have the greatest happiness if they work hard
   3. C.
      childhood is the most enjoyable time in one’s life
   4. D.
      one is the happiest if he can make good use of each age in his life
3. 3.
   The paragraph following this passage will most probably discuss______.
   1. A.
      examples of successful young men
   2. B.
      how to build up one’s position in society
   3. C.
      joys and pains of old people
   4. D.
      what to do when one has problems in life

Answer 1

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試題分析：本文主要討論的就是年輕人和老人都有自己的快樂和痛苦，如果一個人能充分利用好自己每一個年齡的時間，他就是快樂的。
1.A 段落大意題。根據第二段前三行Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities(責任) to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return.說明他認為兒童的生活是很容易的，故A正確。
2.D 主旨大意題。根據文章主題段第一段Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.說明他認為如果一個人能充分利用好自己每一個年齡的時間，他就是快樂的。故D正確。
3.C 推理題。本文在一開始就提及了年輕人和老人都有自己的痛苦。本文的最后一段討論的是年輕人的快樂和痛苦，那么接下來要講述的就應該是老人的快樂和痛苦。故C正確。
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